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For the next three days, rugby sevens will be the highlight of the Commonwealth Games contested in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. This event began in 1930 when they were known as the British Empire Games. They are open to all countries within the Commonwealth, and other nations with supplementary status and historical United Kingdom association.
The competition was last scheduled in Glasgow,... Read More

Youth Rugby Club Performs Community Clean Up - The Springfield (Virginia) South County Youth Club conducted its annual community service project on Saturday, March 31. More than 30 members of the SYC/West End Rugby family cleaned up trash from the Wakefield Run as well as conducting biological stream monitoring. This is an annual tradition and an important service when the rugby club helps the... Read More

If you haven't already done so, book your flight now for Houston for the June 15-17 weekend. It is crammed full of rugby fun from Friday morning thru Saturday night with memories sure to last a lifetime, or at least until the Sevens Rugby World Cup in July in San Francisco.
Start Your Weekend Off at the 10th Annual Houston Lost Afternoon Luncheon
The fun starts on Friday at the 10th annual Lost... Read More

England to Play Tests Outside Twickenham - In a move to expand the regional interest of rugby, the RFU announced that starting in 2020, England would play some Test matches in Newcastle or Manchester. This marks a break from the traditional playing of games at Twickenham Stadium, just north of London.
Big Bucks in Japan World Cup Hosting - It is estimated that Japan will reap £1.5 billion ($2.1... Read More

There is no memorable record - official or anecdotal - that after William Webb Ellis first picked the ball up at The Close, Rugby School, Warwickshire, England, he stopped off afterward at the town pub for a beer with his schoolmates. But, from the sport's earliest beginnings, downing brewskis has married the centuries old beverage with rugby football. For all the rugby matches since then, and... Read More

The year 1976 witnessed the 10th Cherry Blossom Rugby Tournament sponsored by the Washington DC RFU. The event expanded beyond its Eastern states attraction to include California and foreign sides competing in the spring classic in the nation’s capitol. The tournament, started in 1966, just three-years after the founding of the Washington club in 1963, offered American clubs a view of what... Read More

The squib or grubber kick gains popularity as offenses attempt to penetrate the straight, flat line of defenders. With more loose play seeing defenses drop back, knowing the other team will gain or already have possession, attacking ball movements make but a few yards a la Rugby League play before a swarm of tacklers halts the action.
The grub kick tends to be unpredictable and erratic, the... Read More

By Kent Ozmanski
Pro rugby made its debut in the Bronx, New York, on a chilly spring evening with snow on the touch line. The first professional rugby match in New York City between Rugby United of New York (RUNY) and Mystic River (playing as Boston) was broadcast on ESPN, which is significantly increasing its coverage of US rugby.
The game served as a curtain raiser for the annual charity match... Read More

Major League Rugby Exhibition, NYC - Although Rugby United New York will not be one of the new teams in the 2018 launch of MLR this April, it continues to schedule matches as a team poised for a potential entry in 2019. This Saturday, March 24, Rugby United play a visiting Boston XV in Gaelic Park, Bronx. The match begins at 3 p.m. and tickets are thirty-dollars. The day will also feature the... Read More

The Class of 2018:
Dr. John ChaseReldon "Bing" Dawson
Don Haider
Gary Lambert
Mike Saunders
Denis Shanagher Sr.Alexandra "Alex" Williams
The seven newest members of the United States Rugby Hall of Fame will be honored at the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame Induction Dinner to be held in Houston on Friday, June 15, the night before the U.S. Eagles host Scotland. More induction dinner details will be... Read More